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Despair over cheap jibe at primary care cover during the festive season
Having been a GP in active practice for over 30 years and worked in various NHS structures trying to advance a needs-led service, I despaired at your article, 'There is a crisis. I'm not denying it' (news focus, 14 January).
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Key points
Health authorities are likely to emerge as the poor relations in the current NHS reorganisation, just as they did following the 1990 reforms.
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HAs beens?
The future for health authorities is unclear as primary care groups take on part of their role. But should they be changed or replaced? And with what?
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Panel games
The system of assessing people for long-term care homes is being subverted for financial reasons - and elderly people are suffering, says Tom Moody
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Home service
Winter pressure on hospital beds can be reduced by providing emergency care in patients' own homes. Bronwyn Croxson and colleagues explain
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How Castle helped nurses storm pay barrier
A big pay increase for nurses? Baroness Castle of Blackburn has seen and done it all before. As an embattled social services secretary in 1974, she gave nurses a massive 30 per cent rise.
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Ballot winners choose to focus on health issues
Two winners of the private member's bill ballots last December have chosen to address health issues, with one bill standing a good chance of becoming law.
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Appointments
Paul Williams is to be the chief executive of Bro Morgannwg trust. The new trust is taking over the services run by Bridgend and District trust, which Mr Williams has led for six years, and services in Neath and Port Talbot provided by Glan-y-Mor trust.
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Bob Becomes GM
Bob Williams has become general manager, paramedic emergency services, for Greater Manchester Ambulance Service trust. He joined GMAS from Derbyshire Ambulance Service, where he was a sector manager paramedic.
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Hundreds of manager posts go in mergers
Hundreds of NHS management posts look set to disappear this April as more than 20 trust mergers take effect. Figures provided by trusts suggest the latest round of reorganisation could save the NHS up to £20m a year.
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Bristol inquiry publishes agenda
The inquiry into the Bristol child heart surgery tragedy, due to begin in March, has published a list of the main issues it will examine in the first phase of hearings.